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Letters Patent No. 88,172, dated Mafrch'23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHEARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, P. N. JACOBUS, ofFlatbrookville, in the county of Sussex, and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Shears, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of a pair of scissors or shears, constructed in accordance with my improvement, and

Figure 2, an edge view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

My invention consists- First, in a novel manner of connecting, or uniting for action, the two blades of the shears, whereby rivets or pivots for the blades Yto work upon or by, as a centre or centres of motion, are dispensed with, and a curvilinear sliding action and drawing-cutv are secured.

Secondly, the invention consists in a novel arrangement of the bows, or loops to the handles ofthe shears, whereby an easier and more natural disposition of the iingers,1n their hold or grasp of the handles, is obtained.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

A A represent the upper and lower blades of a pair of scissors or shears.

Said blades, though arranged to cross each other where they are extended to form handles a a', are not riveted or pivoted together, to play as upon a fulcrum, but the one blade, A, is struck of a suitable curve, or sweep, in its rear, or where it joins its handle, to form a curvilinear guiding portion, b, to the other blade A', in such manner as to admit not only of an opening and closing-'action of the latter blafle (A) upon said curvedportion b, but also of a curvilinear sliding action thereon, by means of a strap, clip, or slotted formation c, on the blade A', arranged to freely receive through itthe curved portionl b of the other blade.

This sliding bearing, orportion c, may either be a part and parcel of the blade which carries it, or it may be a separate piece attached thereto by screws, orin any other suitable manner, and it may either be of the same or diierent metal to the blade or blades.

` By this junction ofthe blades, I get a draw-cut with-l out any compound-lever connections, but simply by a curvilinear sliding action of the one blade on, as it were, or relatively to the other. l

This is illustrated in ig. 1 of the drawing, whereinf A is supposed to be the lower blade, resting on the cutting-board, or stand, while the other blade, A, in being closed from its position, shown in red lines, to that indicated by black lines, is'made to have a backward draw on or up the curved portion b of the other blade, which prevents the pushing away, or forward, by the angular action ofthe closing-blade, the material being cut.

The cuttingangle, formed by the inner, or back ends of the blades,`is also, by this specified junction of the latter, less obtuse, and more favorable, in closing, to the shears; and by properly shaping the cuttngedges throughout the length of the blades, the cutting-angle may be made uniform, or nearly so, throughout the entire `closing-action of the shears. i

The bows, or loops, B B', to the back ends of the handles, are peculiarly set or arranged. Thus, they are not merely bent, or set outwards, in reverse directions to each other, but are made to cross, in opposivte directions, the lines ofthe handles, as if, for instance, turned 01 twisted from an intermediate centre, so that each bowprojects at its ends beyond the opposite sides of the handle to which it belongs. This diagonal disposition of the bows, or loops, admits of an easier and more natural disposition of the ingers in their hold, or grasp of the handles, retaining to the fingers the same or like relative positions they assume in merelyclosing to the hand. This facilitates, or makes tess laborious the working of the shears.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is.

1. The slot c, formed in the part A of the shears, in combination with the curvilinear portion b of the part A', substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The arrangement ofthe bows, or loops to the handles of apair of scissors or shears, in such manner as that either bow, or loop lies diagonally across the handle to which it belongs, and, where both loops are so twisted or set, the saine made to occupy reverse positions relatively to each other, substantially as shown and described.

P. N. JAGOBUS.

Witnesses:

MARTIN HULL, OBADIAH FULLER. 

